Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I was referring to 2019 in the answer I gave the Deputy. The figures in the expenditure plans I have for 2019 are set. I am confident, as we move through 2019, that they will be maintained.

On the question about engagement with other Government Ministers regarding the different Brexit scenarios, all of the engagement we have had to date has dealt with different Brexit scenarios. Most of that engagement last year dealt with the central scenario, which was the assumption of a deal. In the latter part of last year and the early part of this year, there has been a very high level of engagement with a number of Departments on expenditure needs in a no-deal scenario. That has mostly been focused on how we would deal with some of the consequences of the need to get infrastructure in ports and airports in place more quickly than we assumed under an orderly exit. I will have even further engagement in the coming weeks with colleagues, particularly in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, regarding different issues they could see developing.